NEWS
Epicor Software
Corporation hires new
Chief Marketing Officer
Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industryspecific
enterprise software to promote business growth,
has announced the hiring of a new Chief Marketing Officer, Paul
Stoddart. In his new role, Stoddart is responsible for overseeing
Epicor’s global marketing strategy, including corporate marketing,
field marketing and tele-prospecting.
“With the addition of a seasoned leader like Paul to our talented
global management team, we are confident that Epicor is ready for
its next step,” said Epicor CEO, Steve Murphy. “Paul brings a perfect
mix of organisational leadership, client service experience and
digital expertise that we’re looking for to significantly increase the
effectiveness of our sales efforts, partnerships and channels.”
Stoddart brings more than two decades of marketing experience
leading global technology organisations. In his most recent role as
Vice President and Partner at IBM, he enabled clients to navigate the
shift in business models to adapt to changing consumer attitudes,
behaviours and preferences.
“I am thrilled to join Epicor’s leadership team and am even more
excited about the continuous innovations the company is bringing to
thousands of cloud and on-premises customers around the world.
I look forward to making contributions towards fueled growth for
Epicor and our customers globally,” said Stoddart.
Batelco and Aptilo Networks
start partnership to deliver
Wi-Fi in Bahrain
Batelco, a leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom
of Bahrain, and Aptilo Networks, have entered into a
partnership to deliver business-to-business or B2B2C Wi-Fi
services in Bahrain. Batelco has selected the Aptilo Service
Management Platform (SMP) with the Aptilo SMP Venue Wi-Fi
Manager to deploy a nationwide managed Wi-Fi service.
Batelco offers managed venue Wi-Fi services to enterprise
customers, with the service deployed either on top of the
customer’s existing Wi-Fi equipment or as a fully managed
service with the Wi-Fi infrastructure included.
Batelco General Manager Enterprise Abderrahmane Mounir
said: “We were looking for a vendor agnostic solution that could
We were looking for a vendor
agnostic solution that could
match our high ambitions in
scaling our Wi-Fi business.
Paul Stoddart,
CMO of Epicor
Software Corp
match our high ambitions in scaling our Wi-Fi business both in
terms of volume and functionality and, at the same time, have a
platform that will allow Batelco and its enterprise customers to
engage with the Wi-Fi users.
“Aptilo’s proven track-record in innovation and stability
makes it the right choice for us to support the growing demands
of our enterprise customers.”
Furthermore, Batelco will deploy an additional Wi-Fi
connection (SSID) exclusively for Batelco subscribers at most
public locations.
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